Guidance

Health and safety research project 599: the human element

A guide to human behaviour in the shipping industry.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 6 May 2014

Documents

'The Human Element': a guide to human behaviour in the shipping industry

Ref: ISBN 9780115531200

PDF, 4.04 MB, 120 pages

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Details

This guide is produced by organisational psychologists gs partnership ltd for consortium partners MCA, BP Shipping, Teekay Marine Services, and the Standard P&I Club.

It offers insight, explanation and advice to help manage the ‘human element’ more effectively, more safely and more profitably.

It covers the following topics:

• making sense of things
• taking risks
• making decisions
• making mistakes
• getting tired and stressed
• learning and developing
• working with others
• communicating with others

Published 6 May 2014